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Table 6.

Logarithmic bacterial counts (total bacterial and Enterobacteriaceae counts Mean±SE) in broilers exposed to lighting regimens using different lighting colors and durations.

Light color	Photo-period L: Dhour	Log. TBC CFU/mL	Log. TEC CFU/mL
Red		5.25^a±0.022	2.22^a±0.022
Blue		3.81^c±0.013	0.85^c±0.044
White		4.37^b±0.011	1.31^b±0.025
p-value		0.000	0.000

Light’s color X lighting program

Red
	C-23:1	5.23^c±0.041	2.06^c±0.029
	C-18:6	5.25^b±0.038	2.18^b±0.021
	I-16:8	5.26^a±0.036	2.43^a±0.012
Blue
	C-23:1	3.71^c±0.015	0.51^c±0.064
	C-18:6	3.80^b±0.012	0.79^b±0.038
	I-16:8	3.94^a±0.009	1.27^a±0.011
White
	C-23:1	4.30^c±0.019	1.20^c±0.049
	C-18:6	4.36^b±0.016	1.31^b±0.038
	I-16:8	4.44^a±0.014	1.43^a±0.029
p-value		0.004	0.000

Means carrying different superscripts in the same column are significantly different at p≤0.05 or highly significantly different at p<0.01. Means carrying the same superscripts in the same column are non-significantly different at p<0.05. L=Light hours, D=Dark hours, C=Continuous, I=Intermittent, TBC=Total bacterial count, TEC=Total Enterobacteriaceae count, SE=Standard error